Stephan Thernstrom, a Harvard history professor and author who, with his wife, the political scientist Abigail Thernstrom, vaulted to national prominence during the 1990s as a leading critic of affirmative action, died on Thursday in Arlington, Va. He was 90. His daughter, the author Melanie Thernstrom, said his death, at a care facility, was from…
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision, ruling against race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions. The 6-3 decision concluded that using race as a factor in admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This ruling, which…
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. The Supreme Court issued a landmark decision where it ruled against the affirmative action policies in college admissions. The Apex Court found that considering race in admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision, which…